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Re: Bynum is in Indianapolis, signing imminent?

Yeah, I agree. I'm certainly not the biggest Mahinmi fan, but he has been plenty decent at times this season. We'd have to keep him around as insurance. I like the idea of bringing Bynum here, but we still need some insurance for a guy who has played just 24 games since the start of the 12-13 season.

Yea I'd be extremely nervous giving up Ian if Bynum is the backup center, just signing Bynum is worth it due to a low risk high reward. I don't recall the exact reports for his dismissal from Cleveland. Just read that he "didn't have the desire to play" but it did save Cleveland a lot of money by cutting him

Re: Andrew Bynum on the Verge of Signing?

I like the move if it happens. Costs us next to nothing, keeps him out of South Beach. Yes, he stunk it up in Cleveland, but that's arguably the worst franchise in the NBA. If Lance Stephenson was drafted by the Cavaliers chances are he would be out of the league instead of the last guy out on the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Plus, Bynum has every incentive to behave himself and play well if he ever wants to make guaranteed large sums of money at any point for the rest of his life. If we cut him on March 1, he cannot join another team for the playoffs?

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Re: Andrew Bynum on the Verge of Signing?

I'm open to taking the low risk. If he wants to play he sould be able to outplay Ian for the backup spot. The bad think is the we wouldn't have time to see how Bynum fits in before the trade deadline. Moving Ian would turn Bynum into a high risk.

Re: Bynum is in Indianapolis, signing imminent?

I'm a big believer in culture and team chemistry, but I think this is a low risk, high reward move.

This is literally Bynum's last shot to play in the NBA, and he knows it. He's not dumb enough to blow this chance, unless he just doesn't have anything left in the tank.

He's over 7 ft tall and close to 300lbs of muscle. He will get attention for another 5 years. If he can actually play and straightens his head, we could be champions for years. If he doesn't (which I expect), we keep him from Miami and beat them to a pulp in a few months.

Re: Andrew Bynum on the Verge of Signing?

You sign Bynum so no one else can...just in case.

You don't need him and he may not be in very good shape and we all have seen his cancer destroy teams. I don't see how this could free up moving Ian who has been a pretty solid backup and fits the rotation pretty well as the defensive big to go with offensive Scola.

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Re: Andrew Bynum on the Verge of Signing?

From a purely basketball point of view, there is no reason for us not to do this.

1) He stays out of Miami.
2) We get additional frontcourt depth (potentially DEADLY depth if he pans out)
3) He stays out of Miami.
4) We can continue to play 'big' even if Roy is in foul trouble on any given night.
5) He stays out of Miami.

If he flops here, which is certainly possible, or if he becomes a locker room cancer (a like possibility, unfortunately) then you keep him away from the team, cut him on March 2nd, and move on without him.